The years following Suzanne Dunham’s retirement from the communications and marketing field after 30 years have been anything but slow. Dunham, who works full time and operates a dedicated gluten-free bakery at her farm in Greenwood, also co-manages the Greenwood Farmers’ Market with her husband, Brian. When she’s not working, much of her time is dedicated […]
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Mystery Photo for Sunday, December 17
Mystery photo for December 17, 2017. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find […]
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Face Time: Stephen Jacobs, popular pediatrician
Pediatrician Stephen B. Jacobs has been caring for Lewiston-Auburn’s children for more than three decades. It’s been a dynamic career. He’s worked in hospitals and doctors’ offices, in a clinic that assessed kids for developmental problems and in a NICU, where the community’s sickest newborns get help. This fall, the Maine Children’s Trust presented him […]
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Review: Amazon wants a key to your house. I did it. I regretted it.
I gave Amazon.com a key to go into my house and drop off packages when I’m not around. After two weeks, it turns out letting strangers in has been the least-troubling part of the experience. Once Amazon owned my door, I was the one locked into an all-Amazon world. When Amazon first floated the idea […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Michalene Hague of Otisfield and of The Mountain Poets’ Society of Norway. Foothills By Michalene Hague Steep slope of boulders Stumbling below calm quarry Tumbles the footloose. Always stones. Scarred woodlots, skidder Tracks – hewn plots and rutted paths Root destination. […]
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10,000 dolls find a home in Fryeburg
Hazel Currier’s passion for collecting, fixing and dressing dolls of all kinds is on display at this one-of-a-kind museum. When Owen Currier gave his bride, Hazel a beautiful doll shortly after they married in 1942, she was quite taken with it. There were others that followed, but it wasn’t until 1970 when Hazel bought her […]
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The Franco Center's Holiday Pie Event
The center’s Chef John will be offering 47 different pies for the holiday. Things are sometimes said to be “as American as apple pie.” But while America and apple pie may go together, according to the American Pie Council, pies have been in existence since the time of the ancient Egyptians. The Romans were allegedly […]
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'The Woebot will see you now' — the rise of chatbot therapy
‘The Woebot will see you now’ – the rise of chatbot therapy My therapist wanted to explain a few things during our first online session: “I’m going to check in with you at random times. If you can’t respond straight away, don’t sweat it. Just come back to me when you’re ready. I’ll check in […]
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Mystery Photo for December 10, 2017
Mystery Photo for December 10, 2017. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find […]
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The apocalypse, as imagined by Nora Roberts
“Year One: Chronicles of the One, Book 1” By Nora Roberts St. Martin’s. 432 pp. $27.99 Don’t bother reaching for a Kleenex. It’s not just a cold. It’s not even the flu. It’s the Doom. If you needed any further proof that the world was ending, here comes Nora Roberts with “Year One,” a work […]